…with Dean, on the NYC subway.

“Beneath the surface of this summery romp…lie animosities, well-paced sexual suspense and a clash between appearances and authenticity.” (My first New York Times Sunday book review: 6/24/12)

“Most of us have areas of expertise we don’t sufficiently value for fiction, expertise we can pull from those jars of memory and experience and give to our characters.” —Coachella Review interview

“Music in writing isn’t like salt in cooking. It’s not just there for flavor. It has to be inseparable from character, like dialogue. Just as no one should be able to say another person’s lines, each character needs his own musical DNA.” —The Rumpus interview